Skins producers decided to completely overhaul the cast of the show’s third season, effectively bringing the adventures of Mitch Hewer’s gay character Maxxie to an abrupt end. But Mitch refused to let it bring him down, and convinced ITV to hire him for “Britannia High”, a new show set to premiere on the British network this autumn.

“Britannia High” can be described as the cousin from across the pond of Disney’s “High School Musical”. The cast will play a close knit group of six students, all sharing the same hopes and dreams of success, in a contemporary British performing arts school. Mitch Hewer will be witty Danny, an exceptional and all round talent.

Still, we find the new look more ho-hum than ho-ho (center above, last on the right below). What do you think?

Britannia High web site